1 Chronicles 11:13
Pas Dammim <06450> [Pas-dammim.]
Ephes-dammim is here called Pas-dammim, by aph‘resis.
[Ephes-dammim. a parcel.]
In Samuel it is, "a piece of ground full of lentiles;" and there is probably a mistake of {seâ€rim,} "barley," for {Æ’dashim,} "lentiles," or vice-versa. Some, however, think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, which is not unlikely.
1 Chronicles 21:22
Sell .................. pay <05414> [Grant. Heb. Give.]
Sell .................. pay <05414> [thou shalt grant.]
plague <04046> [that the plague.]
1 Chronicles 21:24
insist .... it <07069> [Nay.]
<05375> [for I will not.]
It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy substance." He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High. It was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.
